Nd:YVO4 Crystal
(Yttrium Vanadate)

Nd:YVO4 (Yttrium Vanadate) has been growing in popularity because of its high gain, low
threshold, and high absorption coefficients at pumping wavelengths, which
result from the excellent fit of the neodymium dopant in the crystal
lattice. These advantages make Nd:YVO4 a better
choice than Nd:YAG for low-power devices such as hand-held pointers, and
others compact lasers.

With advanced
technology in growing and manufacturing of high quality Nd:YVO4 crystals, Red Optronics supplies a wide variety of finished
crystals. Our standard Nd:YVO4 production
includes:

+/-0.1mm(typical), High precision +/-0.005mm can be available upon
request.

Wavefront
distortion

<λ/8 at 633nm

Surface
quality

better than 20/10 Scratch/Dig per MIL-O-1380A

Parallelism

< 10 arc
seconds

Perpendicularity

< 5 arc
minutes

Surface
flatness

<λ/10 at 632.8nm

Clear
aperture

Central 95%

Chamfer

0.15x45o

Damage
threshold

over 15J/cm2 (rods without
coating) over 700 MW/cm2
(coating)

Notes:To inquire or order a finished Nd:YVO4 laser crystals,
please provide specifications as listed above. For most
applications, we
only need to know the following: 1)Nd-dopant concentration;
2)sizes; 3)surface quality; and 4) coating.

For special
request, please provide detailed specification for evaluation and
fabrication.